BlockCorea, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Colquitt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39837. The Survey maps it on the Colquitt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Colquitt quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
276 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Corea between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,680 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 34 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 179 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-EARLY-003 |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-EARLY-007 |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MILLER-001 |
| 30 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-EARLY-012 |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-MILLER-010 |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeterville | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Dozier (historical) | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Macedonia | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Colquitt | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Joe Shingler (historical) | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Floydtown (historical) | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Nicholasville (historical) | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bellview | 8.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355307. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.